Review of Geophysical Oil Exploration in Australia and New Guinea to 1958

A historical review document covering geophysical exploration activities for oil in Australia and New Guinea up to the end of 1958. The document is published by Geoscience Australia Data on the data_gov_au platform. The last recorded update for this legacy product was in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical trends in geophysical exploration techniques (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Researching the early development of the oil and gas industry in Australia and New Guinea (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Creating timelines of exploration activities for academic or industry reports (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published by Geoscience Australia Data, a government geoscience organization.
• Last updated 2026-05-06 19:29:58.045047.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Coverage up to the end of 1958.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 19:29:58.045047; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia and New Guinea.